KPK Opportunity To Snare MA Secretary Hasbi Hasan Using Article 'Miskinkan Corruptor'

Head of KPK News Section Ali Fikri (Photo: Wardhany T/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will pursue allegations of laundering committed by the Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Hasbi Hasan. The investigation will be carried out because there are allegations that he bought economic assets using bribes and gratuities. "Surely then we from the KPK investigating team will investigate further the allegations of money laundering offenses because the focus of law enforcement on corruption is not only imprisonment," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Wednesday, December 6. Ali said that the article on Money Laundering (TPPU) was also applied as a step to recover state losses. " “ If the language of friends impoverishs corruptors," he said. "Well, in the future, we will try to continue to deepen in that direction. So we chase the flow of money, then look for assets, confiscate them, and the ends are confiscated," continued Ali. Even so, the anti-corruption commission did not want to rashly apply this article to Hasbi. Because they must hold the evidence adequacy. " “ Investigation there must be done, yes, there is also then later we find the adequacy of the evidence, yes, it must be determined as a TPPU suspect. Once again, the basis is the adequacy of the evidence first but we are still trying to get there,” he said. As previously reported, MA Secretary Hasbi Hasan was charged with accepting a bribe of Rp. 3 billion which was delivered directly to his office by the former Commissioner of PT Wika Beton, Dadan Tri Yudianto. This award was given to help Hendry Tanaka win the bankruptcy case lawsuit of the Pinajam Savings Cooperative (KSP) at the cassation level. The defendant is Budiman Gandi Suparman. To smooth it out, Hendry initially asked for help through Dadan, who was then agreed to. After communication, there was a provision of money to take care of the case. The initial money was Rp11.2 billion and Rp3 billion was handed over to Hasbi. "The next withdrawal of Rp3 billion in the Rp100 thousand denomination by Dadan Tri Yudianto was brought to the Supreme Court office," reads the indictment read at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday, December 5.

As a result of his actions, he was later charged with violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b and/or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20/2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.